diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/ar933x_uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/ar933x_uart.c
index 3bdd56a1021b..ea12f10610b6 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/ar933x_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/ar933x_uart.c
@@ -286,6 +286,10 @@ static void ar933x_uart_set_termios(struct uart_port *port,
 	ar933x_uart_rmw_set(up, AR933X_UART_CS_REG,
 			    AR933X_UART_CS_HOST_INT_EN);
 
+	/* enable RX and TX ready overide */
+	ar933x_uart_rmw_set(up, AR933X_UART_CS_REG,
+		AR933X_UART_CS_TX_READY_ORIDE | AR933X_UART_CS_RX_READY_ORIDE);
+
 	/* reenable the UART */
 	ar933x_uart_rmw(up, AR933X_UART_CS_REG,
 			AR933X_UART_CS_IF_MODE_M << AR933X_UART_CS_IF_MODE_S,
@@ -418,6 +422,10 @@ static int ar933x_uart_startup(struct uart_port *port)
 	ar933x_uart_rmw_set(up, AR933X_UART_CS_REG,
 			    AR933X_UART_CS_HOST_INT_EN);
 
+	/* enable RX and TX ready overide */
+	ar933x_uart_rmw_set(up, AR933X_UART_CS_REG,
+		AR933X_UART_CS_TX_READY_ORIDE | AR933X_UART_CS_RX_READY_ORIDE);
+
 	/* Enable RX interrupts */
 	up->ier = AR933X_UART_INT_RX_VALID;
 	ar933x_uart_write(up, AR933X_UART_INT_EN_REG, up->ier);